The Whidden Family: Valentine's Day

Hey, family & friends! Another Sunday is here and it's time to blog. This was a busy week. My birthday was on Wednesday...and I can't believe I'm now 37. Really? I remember when that was SO old. Newsflash...it's not! I had a really good day. After I dropped the girls off at school, I did my usual workout, which is a 6-mile run. Well, it's usual now...a few weeks ago I decided to add a mile on. Eventually I'll try seven, but six is good for now :) I'm really enjoying running...it gives me time to jam out to my favorite songs & just think without any interruptions. Later that afternoon, Marshall and I went to the Texas Cattle Company for my annual birthday steak. It was delicious, as always. He got me exactly what I wanted, too...a mega-bright pink pair of sneakers! Next week starts my new Body Pump class, and I wanted some cool new shoes to work out in. They're awesome!

Next, on to Valentine's Day....it was not that eventful for us at all. Marshall got sick and quarantined himself to his man cave. I had remnants of a head cold still lingering, and it was rainy. We really didn't plan anything anyway because we just went out for my birthday. It's not a big deal to me to do a huge Valentine's Day thing anyway. He did get me a necklace I'd been wanting...well, it's actually the pendant I wanted. It's a puzzle piece, which is the logo for Autism. It's really pretty, and I love it!

The girls had a great Valentine's Day at school. I couldn't find a cute V-Day shirt for Reese anywhere! Now that she's out of the toddler section, I have to look in the big girl section for her, and sometimes it's very hard to find things she'll actually tolerate. If it's scratchy and hard...like with crunchy glitter, she won't wear it. She literally screams and cries like it hurts her. So I don't even bother with things like that. She wore a pretty pink tshirt, but I didn't get any pics of her because it was so dark & rainy by the time they came home.

I love this picture of her. She's only drinking from that sippy cup because she has to take her vitamins mixed with her water. She does drink from a cup with a straw, but it's not spill-proof, and Paige LOVES to grab any cup she can find and dump it out. So at least this cup is spill-proof. Part of her vitamins is fish oil, so you can imagine how the house would smell if that got dumped out every day! Paige is an animal, and she just HAS to dump stuff out...haha.

I did find Paige some cute Hello Kitty shirts for Valentine's Day. And she came home with a side ponytail, which was so cute! Here she is lining up her Legos. It's serious business, you know.

Paige looked so cute cuddling in the recliner with Grandma Darlene!

Reese's new thing is the iPad. She takes it to bed and watches her YouTube videos every night now. She knows how to turn it on, get to the internet, and find her videos. And they're all about the alphabet, colors, numbers, animals, etc. She's very smart :)

Another one of Paige's cute shirts...Friday was cool enough for long sleeves, so she wore this with her red pants. Super cute :)

Today was a much brighter day, so I put their red shirts back on them and tried to get some cute photos. Notice how Paige is holding Legos in just about every single picture I take of her these days!